WAC 296-855-400   Exposure control.  

     Summary:

     Your responsibility:

     To protect employees from exposure to ethylene oxide (EtO) by using feasible exposure controls and appropriate respirators.

     IMPORTANT:

     • These sections apply when employee exposure monitoring results are above either of the following permissible exposure limits (PELs):

     – The eight-hour time-weighted average (TWA₈) of one part per million (ppm);

     OR

     – The fifteen-minute short-term exposure limit (STEL) of five ppm.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, 49.17.060. 05-17-168, § 296-855-400, filed 8/23/05, effective 1/1/06.]